My NSW Road Trip May 2014

The Gostwyck Chapel and its tree lined road were the main reason for my road trip into NSW. A lady at the tourism office in Armidale advised me to take the "tourist drive" to Uralla as she thought that I would enjoy it. Little did she know that I got lost and it took me hours to find it and came across it very unexpectedly as I thought that it would be on a side road. I have to say that I was completely blown away by its beauty and I think that it is one of the prettiest places that I have ever seen.

I met this man as soon as I got to Newcastle. His name is Dennis and he helped me enormously giving me ideas of where to shoot within the Newcastle area. He is a much braver photographer than I am and told me that the only damage from getting so close to the water was to his remote - good ol Canon, they build 'em tuff!

Taken along thunderbolt Way near Gloucester in NSW. It was such a beautiful morning with really pretty light.
This is what my road trip was all about - taking the byways and not the highways, in other words taking the road less travelled.
Love the words to this song by the very talented Graeme Connors as this is what I did. I saw and did and shot some amazing things and met wonderful people along the way. For someone who travelled on her own I was not lonely for one second!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7XDAfD6E8o

I was so pleased that I was here this particular morning as I had never seen anything like this before. The waves were crashing in and overflowing onto the walkways - it was AWESOME being there and watch the power of the ocean. I wish that we had these ocean pools along the coast of Queensland - the sense of community and the camaraderie was wonderful to see. When I was here and I am sure it happens every morning there were elderly men and women here before the sun was even thinking of rising getting their daily exercise, some were swimming, some were walking up and down the pool having a chit chat as they were doing it, some had on those gorgeous old flower bathing caps - sigh I just loved every second of being here. Taken at the Newcastle Baths

I met this man as soon as I got to Newcastle. His name is Dennis and he helped me enormously giving me ideas of where to shoot within the Newcastle area. He is a much braver photographer than I am and told me that the only damage from getting so close to the water was to his remote - good ol Canon, they build 'em tuff!